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TechCrunch AIValleySeattle Times and Newsday are the latest publications to sue OpenAI and Microsoft Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their journalism to train AI.

September 5
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TechCrunch AIValleyHikers rescued after using Google Gemini for planning The sheriff’s office said the hikers “were advised by Gemini to bring far less food and water than their group required."

September 5
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TechCrunch AIValleyOpenAI confirms ‘wiki incident,’ says it’s ‘working on a framework’ for more disclosure OpenAI acknowledged its role in a recently reported incident where AI agents took over a German wiki forum.

September 5
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TechCrunch AIValleyXDOF, just three months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuation The round is being raised just months after the robot data startup exited from stealth.

September 4
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TechCrunch AIValleyOpenAI’s rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them OpenAI’s latest agent swarm incident adds urgency to calls for independent investigations as researchers and lawmakers question whether AI labs should control the scope of their own safety reviews.

September 4
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TechCrunch AIValleyAI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financing Nscale, which recently struck a $45 billion deal with Anthropic, is in talks to raise additional funds in anticipation of an upcoming IPO.

September 4
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TechCrunch AIValleyWhat will Apple’s John Ternus era look like? It’s officially the Ternus era at Apple. Tim Cook stepped down as CEO this week, handing the company to former hardware chief John Ternus, whose first memo promised a “huge launch next week” — timing that puts Apple’s ne

September 4
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TechCrunch AIValleyAnother swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab’s knowledge It's the latest failure of OpenAI's internal monitoring and security systems.

September 4
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TechCrunch AIValleyApple’s Ternus era begins as Nvidia bets on the whole AI stack It’s officially the Ternus era at Apple. Tim Cook stepped down as CEO this week, handing the company to former hardware chief John Ternus, whose first memo promised a “huge launch next week” — timing that puts Apple’s ne

September 4
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TechCrunch AIValleyGoogle’s Gemini Spark can now manage your Google Photos library Gemini Spark can edit and curate photo albums, create shared collections, turn photos into calendar events, and handle other Google Photos tasks for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.

September 4
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TechCrunch AIValleyLess than 24 hours to apply for your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Side Event Less than 24 hours left to apply to host a Side Event during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and make your mark in the Silicon Valley scene. Apply before the application closes tonight at midnight PT.

September 4
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TechCrunch AIValleyThe sameness problem behind those unappetizing AI-generated menus While restaurant owners might look to generative AI as a shortcut to sprucing up their menu, customers can viscerally sense that something is wrong with the food.

September 4
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TechCrunch AIValleyCrusoe reportedly raises $3B at a $30B valuation The round came together after the data center developer reportedly secured a $13 billion contract with Jane Street.

September 4
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TechCrunch AIValleyAccel reportedly in talks to lead $1B round for Thinking Machines at $40B valuation The high-profile startup's annual revenue run rate stands at over $100 million.

September 3
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TechCrunch AIValleyAbliteration.ai is making a business out of removing AI guardrails Abliteration.AI is making powerful AI models without guardrails easier to access, arguing that giving defenders the same tools as bad actors could ultimately improve cybersecurity.

September 3
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TechCrunch AIValleyMeta is paying to peek at how you use their latest AI model For its new Muse Spark model, intended for operating coding and other agents, Meta is offering an explicit discount averaging out to about 95% for users who "contribute" to the development of future models by sharing the

September 3
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TechCrunch AIValleyOpenAI launches Astra, its powerful (and controversial) new model OpenAI claims that Astra represents "a new frontier on computer and browser use," and that it handles tasks with unmatched "speed, accuracy, and safety."

September 3
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TechCrunch AIValleyOllie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI assistant race The family-focused AI assistant wants access to the details of your everyday life, but says it won’t use that data to train AI models or share it with others.

September 3
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TechCrunch AIValleyGoogle’s latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrella WeatherNext 3 is the latest wave of a sea change in meteorology brought out by deep learning techniques. Google says it will start feeding into weather information users see in search, Google Maps, and Gemini.

September 3